2 # Partition configuration
4 config PARTITION_ADVANCED
5 bool "Advanced partition selection"
7 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
8 were partitioned under an operating system running on a different
9 architecture than your Linux system.
11 Note that the answer to this question won't directly affect the
12 kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
13 the questions about foreign partitioning schemes.
17 config ACORN_PARTITION
18 bool "Acorn partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
19 default y if ARCH_ACORN
21 Support hard disks partitioned under Acorn operating systems.
23 config ACORN_PARTITION_CUMANA
24 bool "Cumana partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
25 default y if ARCH_ACORN
26 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
28 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
29 were partitioned using the Cumana interface on Acorn machines.
31 config ACORN_PARTITION_EESOX
32 bool "EESOX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
33 default y if ARCH_ACORN
34 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
36 config ACORN_PARTITION_ICS
37 bool "ICS partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
38 default y if ARCH_ACORN
39 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
41 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
42 were partitioned using the ICS interface on Acorn machines.
44 config ACORN_PARTITION_ADFS
45 bool "Native filecore partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
46 default y if ARCH_ACORN
47 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
49 The Acorn Disc Filing System is the standard file system of the
50 RiscOS operating system which runs on Acorn's ARM-based Risc PC
51 systems and the Acorn Archimedes range of machines. If you say
52 `Y' here, Linux will support disk partitions created under ADFS.
54 config ACORN_PARTITION_POWERTEC
55 bool "PowerTec partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
56 default y if ARCH_ACORN
57 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
59 Support reading partition tables created on Acorn machines using
60 the PowerTec SCSI drive.
62 config ACORN_PARTITION_RISCIX
63 bool "RISCiX partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
64 default y if ARCH_ACORN
65 depends on ACORN_PARTITION
67 Once upon a time, there was a native Unix port for the Acorn series
68 of machines called RISCiX. If you say 'Y' here, Linux will be able
69 to read disks partitioned under RISCiX.
72 bool "AIX basic partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
74 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
75 partition table format used by IBM or Motorola PowerPC machines
76 running AIX. AIX actually uses a Logical Volume Manager, where
77 "logical volumes" can be spread across one or multiple disks,
78 but this driver works only for the simple case of partitions which
83 bool "Alpha OSF partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
86 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
87 were partitioned on an Alpha machine.
89 config AMIGA_PARTITION
90 bool "Amiga partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
91 default y if (AMIGA || AFFS_FS=y)
93 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
94 were partitioned under AmigaOS.
96 config ATARI_PARTITION
97 bool "Atari partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
100 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
101 were partitioned under the Atari OS.
104 bool "IBM disk label and partition support"
105 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && S390
107 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
108 partition table format used by IBM DASD disks operating under CMS.
112 bool "Macintosh partition map support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
113 default y if (MAC || PPC_PMAC)
115 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
116 were partitioned on a Macintosh.
118 config MSDOS_PARTITION
119 bool "PC BIOS (MSDOS partition tables) support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
125 bool "BSD disklabel (FreeBSD partition tables) support"
126 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
128 FreeBSD uses its own hard disk partition scheme on your PC. It
129 requires only one entry in the primary partition table of your disk
130 and manages it similarly to DOS extended partitions, putting in its
131 first sector a new partition table in BSD disklabel format. Saying Y
132 here allows you to read these disklabels and further mount FreeBSD
133 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
134 file system support", above. If you don't know what all this is
137 config MINIX_SUBPARTITION
138 bool "Minix subpartition support"
139 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
141 Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2 subpartition table support for Linux.
142 Say Y here if you want to mount and use Minix 2.0.0/2.0.2
145 config SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION
146 bool "Solaris (x86) partition table support"
147 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
149 Like most systems, Solaris x86 uses its own hard disk partition
150 table format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you
151 to read these partition tables and further mount Solaris x86
152 partitions from within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS
153 file system support", above.
155 config UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL
156 bool "Unixware slices support"
157 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED && MSDOS_PARTITION
159 Like some systems, UnixWare uses its own slice table inside a
160 partition (VTOC - Virtual Table of Contents). Its format is
161 incompatible with all other OSes. Saying Y here allows you to read
162 VTOC and further mount UnixWare partitions read-only from within
163 Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support" or
164 "System V and Coherent file system support", above.
166 This is mainly used to carry data from a UnixWare box to your
167 Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical, ZIP or
168 removable IDE drives. Note, however, that a good portable way to
169 transport files and directories between unixes (and even other
170 operating systems) is given by the tar program ("man tar" or
171 preferably "info tar").
173 If you don't know what all this is about, say N.
176 bool "Windows Logical Disk Manager (Dynamic Disk) support"
177 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
179 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
180 were partitioned using Windows 2000's/XP's or Vista's Logical Disk
181 Manager. They are also known as "Dynamic Disks".
183 Note this driver only supports Dynamic Disks with a protective MBR
184 label, i.e. DOS partition table. It does not support GPT labelled
185 Dynamic Disks yet as can be created with Vista.
187 Windows 2000 introduced the concept of Dynamic Disks to get around
188 the limitations of the PC's partitioning scheme. The Logical Disk
189 Manager allows the user to repartition a disk and create spanned,
190 mirrored, striped or RAID volumes, all without the need for
193 Normal partitions are now called Basic Disks under Windows 2000, XP,
196 For a fuller description read <file:Documentation/ldm.txt>.
201 bool "Windows LDM extra logging"
202 depends on LDM_PARTITION
204 Say Y here if you would like LDM to log verbosely. This could be
205 helpful if the driver doesn't work as expected and you'd like to
211 bool "SGI partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
212 default y if DEFAULT_SGI_PARTITION
214 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
215 partition table format used by SGI machines.
217 config ULTRIX_PARTITION
218 bool "Ultrix partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
219 default y if MACH_DECSTATION
221 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
222 partition table format used by DEC (now Compaq) Ultrix machines.
226 bool "Sun partition tables support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
227 default y if (SPARC || SUN3 || SUN3X)
229 Like most systems, SunOS uses its own hard disk partition table
230 format, incompatible with all others. Saying Y here allows you to
231 read these partition tables and further mount SunOS partitions from
232 within Linux if you have also said Y to "UFS file system support",
233 above. This is mainly used to carry data from a SPARC under SunOS to
234 your Linux box via a removable medium like magneto-optical or ZIP
235 drives; note however that a good portable way to transport files and
236 directories between unixes (and even other operating systems) is
237 given by the tar program ("man tar" or preferably "info tar"). If
238 you don't know what all this is about, say N.
240 config KARMA_PARTITION
241 bool "Karma Partition support"
242 depends on PARTITION_ADVANCED
244 Say Y here if you would like to mount the Rio Karma MP3 player, as it
245 uses a proprietary partition table.
248 bool "EFI GUID Partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
252 Say Y here if you would like to use hard disks under Linux which
253 were partitioned using EFI GPT.
255 config SYSV68_PARTITION
256 bool "SYSV68 partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
259 Say Y here if you would like to be able to read the hard disk
260 partition table format used by Motorola Delta machines (using
265 bool "Rockchip partition table support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
266 default y if ARCH_ROCKCHIP
268 Like most systems, Rockchip use its own hard disk partition table
269 format, incompatible with all others. Say Y here if you would like
270 to be able to read the hard disk partition table format used by
271 Rockchip SoCs inside machines with eMMC as main storage disk.
274 config CMDLINE_PARTITION
275 bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
276 select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
278 Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs.
279 The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.